Elapse \E*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Elapsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing.]

[L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]

To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.

Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. --Hoole.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)